Category: Social Movements

From left to right (clockwise): (1) A street sweeper maintains cleanliness of major roads amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. (2) Garment Workers in Cambodia. (3) Healthcare workers in India taking details of a patient in a respiratory disease ward. (4) Supermarket cashiers wear masks and face shields to maintain physical distance as grocery shopping has changed amid COVID-19, Bangkok, Thailand. All pictures © ILO Asia-Pacific
FOR A JUST PANDEMIC RECOVERY WITH WORKERS AT THE CENTRE
by Anisa | May 1, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Social Movements, Statement | 0
1 May, 2022 Statement from Focus on the Global South Workers across the world have faced a series of immense setbacks with the advance of neoliberalism and expansion of global value chains that have been exacerbated in the past two years.
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2,000 individuals from different food producing sectors and communities held a protest march in Lucena City, Quezon Province on April 18 to shed light on the issues they are confronting and to challenge electoral candidates to respond to these problems. Photos from Danilo Carranza.
2,000 farmers, fishers, IPs mobilize for ‘radical reforms’
by Anisa | Apr 18, 2022 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Philippines, Social Movements, Statement | 0
LUCENA CITY – To commemorate the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles last April 17, around...
Read MoreSALUTING THREE DECADES OF PEASANTS STRUGGLES
by Anisa | Apr 17, 2022 | Asia/World, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Social Movements, Statement | 0
Solidarity Statement from Focus on the Global South on the International Day of Peasant Struggles...
Read MoreSama-Sama:Music Beyond Borders
by Joseph Purugganan | Mar 1, 2022 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Feature, Social Movements, Systemic Alternatives | 0
AMP3’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic by Joseph Purugganan A year before the pandemic, the...
Read MoreVideos: Grassroots Voices: Strengthening Struggles Against the WTO
by Anisa | Dec 17, 2021 | Asia/World, Event, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Social Movements, Trade and Investment, Video | 0
“WTO out of agriculture and fisheries”, “Down WTO”, “End WTO” have been the rallying cries of...
Read MoreLaos: Nine years on, civil society worldwide still demands answers on Sombath’s enforced disappearance
by Anisa | Dec 15, 2021 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Statement | 0
(15 December 2021) On the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha (United Farmers Front) celebrating the first anniversary of the historic farmers protests at Singhu border, New Delhi. 26 November, 2021.
First Anniversary of Farmer Protests in India: A note of solidarity and support
by Anisa | Nov 26, 2021 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Social Movements, Statement | 0
November 26 marks one year since thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana marched towards New Delhi, in protest against the three farm laws enacted by the Indian Government.
Read MoreFrom Paris to Glasgow: Broken Promises, False Solutions and the Continuing Struggle for Climate Justice
by Anisa | Nov 16, 2021 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Feature, Social Movements | 0
By Joseph Purugganan COP 26 is over and the outcome of the latest negotiations aimed at addressing...
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Local police in the town of Hermosa, Bataan prepare to dismantle farmers houses in barrio Sumalo amidst the Covid 19 pandemic. May 2021
Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA) Statement: Protect the land rights of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries! Stop the demolition of farmer’s homes in Barangay Sumalo!
by Joseph Purugganan | May 12, 2021 | Philippines, Social Movements, Statement | 0
11 May 2021 The Save Agrarian Reform Alliance is a consortium of various national farmer’s...
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Farmers demonstrate at the Singhu Border protest camp outside New Delhi on 29 December 2020. Photo: Ranjini Basu
A visit to India’s Singhu Border protest camp
by Ranjini Basu | Dec 30, 2020 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Photo, Social Movements | 0
For more than a month, farmers have laid siege to India’s national capital New Delhi, demanding...
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Representatives of farmer unions leave Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi after a meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 5 December 2020. Photo: Kamal Singh/PTI
Long march to peasant unity
by Ranjini Basu | Dec 30, 2020 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Opinion/Analysis, Social Movements | 0
The unprecedented unity among peasant organisations is not a sudden development. It has been built...
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Student protestors occupy Sanam Luang, beside Bangkok's Grand Palace, on 19 September 2020. Photo: Jacob Goldberg
The political education of Thailand’s dissident youth
by Kheetanat Wannaboworn | Dec 30, 2020 | Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy, Social Movements, Thailand | 0
Thailand’s anti-government, anti-monarchy protests may have been triggered by recent abuses, but...
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